'Captain America' delivers solid action thrills

5:55 PM,
Apr. 4, 2014

Chris Evans stars in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier.'

Written by

James Ward | jmward@gannett.com

I went into "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" with low expectations. Back in 2011, "Captain America: The First Avenger" was fitfully entertaining, landing somewhere in between the lackluster "Thor" and the superior "X-Men" series in the seemingly unending supply of superhero movies hitting theaters.

But I'm happy to report "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is a major improvement over the earlier film. The action scenes are spectacular, the performances by an all-star cast are strong and the plot zips along at a pace the belies the two-hour plus running time of the film.